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Church Metrics has finally gone live. If you’ve ever been involved in church administration on any level, you understand the headache it is to keep track of data and report on that information. From attendance to baptisms to giving reports, ChurchMetrics.com gives you all the tools you need to analyze your data. You can track [...]
Continue reading...Affordable tech training for your staff.
7. September 2008
I have been the lead graphic artist and head of technology at my church for over six years now. I am a self learner and I try to stay motivated to learn the latest trends in technology. My problem has been that I’ve been a one-man show for a long time. My quandary has been [...]
Continue reading...Schedule Meetings Easily
13. August 2008
Diarised is a new tool to help schedule meetings. There are others like it, but this is extremely simple to use. If you have multiple team members to coordinate for your meetings, this is the tool for you. It’s free! Here’s how it works as quoted from their website. 1. Enter the details of your proposed [...]
Continue reading...Dim Dim Meetings Just Got Better!
6. August 2008
Dim Dim just solidified their spot as my favorite online meeting software. They just released their latest product updates. Check it out. It’s TOTALLY free! Here is a quick look at some of the new features. Recording: You can now record your meetings and share playback URLs or embed the recording directly onto your own website [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Social Network
29. June 2008
This is a neat tool I just discovered through a social network I was invited to. Using Ning, you can create your own cool social network for FREE. You can style however you wish and manage who is able to join. I see the value of this for youth groups and other ministry groups who [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Surveys
27. June 2008
This is the best survey application I have found as of yet on the web for surveys. I have used this many times when polling or surveying groups of people. Creating the forms is very simple. You can even have multiple pages on a survey. All results are stored and you can even view them [...]
Continue reading...Host Your Own Web Meeting Free
30. May 2008
I have been anxiously awaiting this great web app to come out of beta testing. It’s finally here and it’s totally free! DimDim offers free web meetings to anyone who wishes to share any information simultaneously over the web. They boast of webcam/audio, whiteboard, powerpoint/pdf presentation, live chat, and desktop sharing. The maximum amount of [...]
Continue reading...Free ID Badge Creator
29. May 2008
I just found this awesome tool! It’s a web app that allows you to create custom badges for any purpose. This can be useful if you are taking a missions trip and need id’s for your travelers. If you have an event, this can help identify staff. Another application might be for [...]
Continue reading...Create Org Charts For Your Church
17. March 2008
It is vitally important that your church has an organizational chart. This helps you to see your organizational structure visually. It also helps to determine downlines of communication. Cogmap is a free web app to help you create org charts. I hesitated placing them on Mister Nifty because all of their charts were made public. [...]
Continue reading...Draw Cool Charts For Free
17. March 2008
This is a neato online tool you can use to draw charts and diagrams for free. Once you’ve finished with your creation, you can download it in a PDF, JPG, or PNG file to be used in other documents. Among the many chart apps out there, this one looks promising for sure. [...]
Continue reading...Mask your cell number!
26. February 2008
Pastors and leaders need to be accessible to their congregations, however, I am finding more and more pastors are not giving out their numbers because they are being innundated with phone calls from just a select few people. Grand Central is the answer! This is a wonderful service that will give you [...]
Continue reading...Free mass mailing software.
7. October 2007
After researching dozens of list servers for emailing our entire congregation, I found Pommo. It’s a wonderfully free software that takes a bit of tech experience to get running. You can import all your contacts, add whatever information to each field, create check boxes for different lists, filter the lists down to groups, [...]
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Random Goodness 
Keep track of what the web is saying about your church or you personally by signing up for Google Alerts. Plug in some keyword searches to track. It’s easy! http://google.com/alerts/
If you record your services on CD chances are the audio is broken up into tracks. For those who don’t record digitally, this is a problem when trying to create a podcast. Now you can take all of those annoying little tracks and combine them into one with Merge MP3. Grab it here. (via Lifehacker)
If you use Wordpress, you will want to grab All In One Search Engine Optimization pack. This adds a tab below each page/post that allows you to create a unique title/description/keywords for each post entry. This is important stuff for search engines to rank your pages. Grab it here!
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28. October 2008
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